I've tried to attach a couple photos-hope they show up. one photo of my Crottin, and a photo of my wee Crottin de Chavignol that I ordered from Murray's, following advice from Iratherfly, so I'll have an idea of what a proper Crottin tastes like. Yum!

loved your slide show, and great ideal to use those frosting containers, I was going to ask were you got the interesting molds from when i watched your slide show. I too have just made my first crottin from my own nubian goats. The mold is growing very slowly. Can't wait to try them when they are close to being ready.

Thanks for the compliments Christine! I used "Jalbum", to make the photogallery/slideshow... & I found the hygrometer when I did a search on Amazon. I like it's funky look, too! Reminds me of something you'd see on an old ship.

There is so much good "cheese energy" on this forum. I was inspired after reading the conversations about making Crottin, and looking at pictures of the ones Yoav posted. It's amazing how much knowledge and goodwill there is on this forum.

Thanks DeejayDebi! I was surprised when I joined this forum and finally put 2 + 2 together & realized that you're Deejay's Smoke Pit! I've looked at your website many times since I started making cheese at the beginning of 2010. Your site is wonderful.

All your cheeses look really great to me, I can tell you've been at it for a long time.

I've got meat goats, so I'm going to have to look around your site for some interesting things to do with the meat. :-)

Thanks peri7132! I got the idea to use the frosting containers from a customer's post on Ricki Carroll's website :-) The frosting was good too, & I didn't make any cakes to put it on LOL. Very cool that you've got Nubians. I love them, but somehow ended up with La Manchas and some mini dairy breeds. Do you have a website with some photos of your goats?

I first noticed the mold on mine on day 4, it seemed to be growing fast, then I moved them to the wine cooler & it slowed down. It's coming along nicely. I have to go back and re-read the Crottin posts and find out what I'm supposed to do with them next... hopefully I get to eat them soon.

loved your slide show, and great ideal to use those frosting containers, I was going to ask were you got the interesting molds from when i watched your slide show. I too have just made my first crottin from my own nubian goats. The mold is growing very slowly. Can't wait to try them when they are close to being ready.

I was quite intimidated while I was making the Crottins because I'm such a beginner... but as soon as I had the curds in and out of the molds, in and out of the brine, then actually saw mold growing on them I felt much better! The first thing I noticed when they were sitting out at room temperature when the mold started growing was the aroma of bread dough rising, the wonderful yeasty smell. Now that they're in the cooler, I don't notice the yeast smell, but they definitely have a wonderful aroma.